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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Double-U offer Makina?
(a) A gift for her mother.
(b) A job for her brother.
(c) A man who will take her to her brother.
(d) A man to transport her across to the other side.

2. What does Makina say to herself when the ground lurches, at the beginning of the book?
(a) "I’m dead."
(b) "Here it comes."
(c) "I’m not going to die here."
(d) "This isn’t happening."

3. How many languages does Makina speak?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

4. What is the weather like in the mountains?
(a) The sun is crushingly hot.
(b) It starts to snow.
(c) The mist is too thick to see.
(d) Rain makes the road muddy.

5. How does Makina describe Mr. Aitch?
(a) An old dinosaur.
(b) A strutting peacock.
(c) A reptile in pants.
(d) A filthy pig.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound does the narrator say the earth makes when the sinkhole opens?

2. How are Makina’s countrymen different here?

3. What does Chucho tell Makina about the rancher who stops them?

4. Who tells Makina to go clean up before she gives anyone the package?

5. What does Makina say is called for, when she refuses the pulque the bartender brings out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Makina brought with her on her trip to the other side?

2. How does the narrator say things went for the man who tried to teach Makina a lesson in public?

3. What makes Makina impatient to finish the errand her mother has given her?

4. How does the narrator describe the city Makina arrives in?

5. What does Makina have to establish in her meetings with each of the three top dogs?

6. What slang does Makina use, and what is its effect?

7. Who do Makina and Chucho encounter on their trip from the river in Chapter 3, and how do they escape from this person?

8. What does Makina think is killing her when the novel opens?

9. What danger does Makina face in making her trip?

10. What is the obsidian mound that gives this chapter its name?

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